Patents by Inventor Stephen A. O'Hare

Stephen A. O'Hare has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Raney nickel catalytic device
    Patent number: 4110257
    Abstract: A catalytic device for use in a conventional coal gasification process which includes a tubular substrate having secured to its inside surface by expansion a catalytic material. The catalytic device is made by inserting a tubular catalytic element, such as a tubular element of a nickel-aluminum alloy, into a tubular substrate and heat-treating the resulting composite to cause the tubular catalytic element to irreversibly expand against the inside surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Stephen A. O'Hare
  • Massive catalyst
    Patent number: 4089812
    Abstract: A massive shaped catalyst comprising a nickel-aluminum alloy having a surface layer of high surface area nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior
    Inventors: Stephen A. O'Hare, James E. Mauser, Clo Elton Armantrout